Let's not forget a Porsche style "whaletail"......
Wright, Larry wrote:
> Tim Jordan wrote:
> >Larry,
> >Here, Here!
> >I'm still laughing. Flares and a large hole in the hood to
> >clear the 800 cfm carb. will also assist a lowball appraisal.
>
> 800 cfm? Just one, not a pair on a tunnel-ram manifold? Hey,
> let's compose a list of "ten best ways to lower the value of a Tiger's
> appraisal". Perhaps we can get Mark down to $00.00 if we try. The only
> rule is no rust, dents or other "damage".
> How about:
> a) beige paint.
> b) 245/35SR-13 tires on bolt-on chrome wire wheels that have
> _no_ backspacing
> c) doors converted to the 'laydown' type (most of us last saw
> this on the Corvair Rampside pickup)
> d) captain's chairs, preferably in brown velour
> e) decal on the rear window of the hardtop of a little boy
> urinating on, say, a police car
> f) if that hardtop was severely padded and the rear window was
> reduced to 4"x6", limousine style
> g) Tigerossa kit, with huge box flares and cheese-grater slats
> on the side
> h) large, illuminated stand-up hood ornament
> i) the "I won a spending spree at Joe's House of Louvers" look;
> ventilated hood, fenders, doors, maybe even fuel tanks
> j) Powerglide with column shift
> k) h*ll, a Chevy 350 to go with it
> l) chain-link steering wheel, perhaps with matching license
> plate frames
> m) reshaped fenders to accept rectangular headlights
> n) 'shaved' door handles and solenoids (oh, yeah, gonna trust
> Lucas electric to get your doors open???)
> o) replace the underhood seal with ball fringe; think of it as
> engine-compartment tuft testing
> p) welded-on wheelie bars
> q) monochromatic scheme: body-colored bumpers, door handles,
> trunk hinges, windshield trim
>
> Apologies to anyone whose Tiger I've just described.
>
> Lawrence R. Wright
> "I can't get no-- Satis-Traction"
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